The form design of the Datacatcher: A research prototype

Andy Boucher

doi:10.1145/2901790.2901907

The form design of the Datacatcher: A research prototype

Andy Boucher^*

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Abstract

This pictorial exposes aspects of the decision-making process during the form design of a research prototype called the Datacatcher: a mobile electronic device that receives a continuous stream of location-based sociopolitical messages. Manifesting a physical device generated a myriad of demands on top of our research agenda that included issues with both technology and manufacturing. This pictorial will demonstrate how research through design has to tackle issues beyond core research questions in creating research devices, and suggest that because such seemingly irrelevant concerns are crucial for how research questions are embodied, those concerns themselves become integral to the research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Fuse
Place of Publication	New York, NY, United States
Publisher	ACM
Pages	595-606
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340311
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2901790.2901907
Publication status	Published - 4 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016 - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 4 Jun 2016 → 8 Jun 2016

Publication series

Name	DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Fuse

Conference

Conference	11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	4/06/16 → 8/06/16

Keywords

Batch production
Design
Form
Mobile device
Prototype
Research through design

Research Group keywords

Interaction Research Studio

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Boucher, A 2016, The form design of the Datacatcher: A research prototype. in DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Fuse. DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Fuse, ACM, New York, NY, United States, pp. 595-606, 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, Australia, 4/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2901790.2901907

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